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McCain said his 2008 vetting team did not find anything in Romney’s tax returns to back Reid’s claim. And the former Republican presidential nominee — who said bluntly he thinks Reid is “wrong” — noted that while he did not personally examine every tax return, he is “absolutely confident” Romney paid taxes.

And Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was sitting with McCain and Sen. Kelly Ayotte during the “Face to Face” interview, told Ralston that he believes Reid is “making this up” and that the Nevada senator’s claim is “beneath his job of majority leader.”

People will vote for Romney, but not on the basis of whether or not he released his tax returns.

He is likely to have taken advantage of every tax advantage possible - and, as Romney said, you wouldn't want a president who pays more than the law assigns him. And of course you would want a president who knows how to take advantage of tax laws. However, Romney himself acknowledges that the system itself needs reform.

Similarly, Obama in 2008 declined public federal financing - the first major-party candidate to do so since public federal financing was created. http://www.opensecrets.org/pre... That's because he had that option, and he took it. Does the public federal financing system need reform. Sure!

McCain vetted Romney for veep in 2008. He knows or his vetters know Romney paid.

Romney does not need to give Obama fodder based on his tax returns. That would be another Obama diversionary tactic. Not necessary.

More reason to have an open and frank discussion on Mr. Romney's tax avoidance and offshore tax havens strategies. The voters need to know what percentage of his income did he pay in taxes and if he is not a tax cheat. You want my vote, show me you are honest about your tax obligations, Mitt.

From the one year that Bishop Willard has released, we know he took a $76,000 deduction for his wife's show horse.

The Ryan plan would have investment income not taxed, so Willard would pay about 1% tax (for speaking fees and other income)

Willard and Ryan are, I guess, making the case that the reason the voodoo economics of trickle down didn't work is because the rich weren't given ENOUGH tax gifts.

Ryan has been in the House for 14 years, and voted fot the pretend cowboy's debt-creating tideas like tax reductions, not funding the Iraq quagmire, and the unfunded gift to pharma - The midicare prescription plan.

The problem with that statement is there is no proof that he did pay. You do not take the word or the actual birth certificate presented by the POTUS and the State of Hawaii, but you are willing to listen to Sheriff Joe and the likes of the Donald?

You are willing to take the word of a money launderer for El Salvadorian death squads? Who also associates with convicted drug smugglers.

And you are telling me to listen to McCain who says there is no proof. Coming from a guy who does not know how many houses he owns, yet he knows Mitt paid taxes.

No evidence that he did. When he ran for governor in Massachusetts, he had to refile his taxes because he "mis-identified" the location of his prime residence; tax avoidance. As he said i never paid more than I legally needed to. I am sure his tax avoidances, that are legal, are very embarrassing,

An unnamed source told me yesterday that President Obama had a 1.2 GPA when he attended college. If he has nothing to hide, release his records and prove me wrong!

Another unnamed source told me that President Obama personally ordered the Fast and Furious gunrunning take place, with the expectation that at least 2000 Mexican citizens would die to US guns in the first 2 years. If he has nothig to hide, why doesn't he release the documents and prove us wrong?

A reliable source that requested to remain anonymous told me the other day that President Obama wrote his Harvard dissertation on the subject of how to slowly convert the US from a democracy to a dictatorship. I'm not saying the President Obama is a wannabe dictator - but if he has nothing to hide, why doesn't he just release his dissertation and prove us wrong?

See how stupid and absurd this gets? The burden of proof is on THE ACCUSER to come forth with a credible source or shut his pie hole. Romney has already released 2 years of tax returns, and he has come to the CORRECT conclusion that no matter how many he releases, the Democrats will scream for more. So, just like the best way to deal with a blackmailer, he has put his foot down and refused to do anything else, because he knows that they will keep demanding more.

An unnamed source told me yesterday that President Obama had a 1.2 GPA when he attended college. If he has nothing to hide, release his records and prove me wrong!

The following from Media Matters. Yes Media Matters, so get over it because facts are facts.

"Most presidential nominees (at least of late) do not release their grades from college. Romney hasn't. John McCain disclosed his class rank in 2007, but not his grades. John Kerry made his Yale transcript public only after he lost the 2004 election. Sarah Palin didn't talk about her grades until after the 2008 election. One exception is Joe Biden, who released his undergraduate transcript in 1987 as a form of damage control."

Furthermore...

"Moreover, President George W. Bush's records at Yale became public only after they were leaked to The New Yorker in November 1999. Bush had declined to release his academic transcripts."

Does the racism in this country know no bounds? Why should he have to do something almost NO ONE else has chosen to do? I'll tell you why. It's because the racists can't accept that a black man is just as smart, if not smarter than they are.

Apparently, John McCain has yet to realize he has no credibility on anything anymore. He lost it all four years ago when he failed to vet Sarah Palin whom he continues to insist was a qualified candidate and potential successor to the presidency. Please.

Oh, go ahead and tell the 'truth.' What the hell is that...truth? In this campaign, the most illogical response from any media outlet or politician. A whole new definition, carved out of the mean-spirited, dishonest politics of a criminal era from the largest midwest city...Chicago-style...go for it Oblama people. The truth...gasp...is that dirty Harry lied to support his Lord and Mater.